Configuring IPv6 for Windows Server 2008

HP Smart Update Manager provides the most
robust support for remote deployment when using Windows Vista® as a
client to Windows Server® 2008-based servers. Using HP Smart Update
Manager in this environment enables you to use all the capabilities
of IPv6 including link-local, site-local, and global IP addresses
for both local and remote target servers. Windows Vista®, when used
as a client to run HP Smart Update Manager to remote Windows
Server® 2008 operating systems or as a target operating system on
HP Workstation server blades, provides the infrastructure that
supports full IPv6 deployment of software and firmware updates from
HP Smart Update Manager.

IPv6 addresses can be passed to HP Smart Update
Manager in command line arguments or using the HP Smart Update
Manager user interface. In the HP Smart Update Manager user
interface, you can add a remote host on an IPv6 network by either
entering the DNS name of the IPv6 target server or by selecting the
IPv6 address button and entering the IPv6 address. HP Smart Update
Manager supports both the short-name and full IPv6 notation. You do
not need to add the optional interface number when you enter the
address.

If you cannot connect to the target server or
receive a Discovery failed message when executing HP Smart Update
Manager in an IPv6 environment, see the troubleshooting
section.

After you connect to the target server, all
other HP Smart Update Manager functions work identically. Log files
for IPv6 hosts are stored with all other HP Smart Update Manager
files in the \CPQSYSTEM\hp\log\<ip_address> directory.